Dwyte Pilgrim finally gets the big one

I've gotten the chance to talk to Dwyte Pilgrim during the Southern Poker Championship earlier this year at Beau Rivage. There were two things that came away from talking to him and watching him play:

1. When Dwyte is playing poker, he is as much a danger to anyone with chips as any of the bigger names in poker. He uses his verbal warfare better than anyone I've ever been around (minus the chat box idiots anytime I'm playing online poker). Yes, Dwyte loves to talk and does it to gain the advantage he needs to plot his next move.

2. Pilgrim is NEVER afraid to put his money in the middle. I don't recall the particular hand, but I know that he had a major suckout on a player while being FAR behind. To his credit, Dwyte later told me he smelled fear in the other player when that happened and tried to take advantage of it.

So, it's no surprise that he took down the WPT event in Atlantic Shitty the other day. The greatest thing about his win was that after he'd won, he told everyone he would play the $120 event the next day....always grinding.